Monday, May 5th, 2008
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| • | Artist Captures Kenya's Messy Political Landscape on Canvas: When you meet her for the first time carrying a huge polythene paper bag weighing heavily on her shoulders in Nakuru Town, you might mistake her for a second-hand clothes dealer who are a common in the area.
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| • | Bank Employee Singing His Way to Fame: He is a bank employee with a difference. While most of his contemporaries are pursuing higher interests in the envied field, Joseph Kabuu Ngecha is rocking the entertainment world.
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| • | Country Needs Champions of the Poor: Why does the gap between the rich and the poor grow bigger every year? Is it to be blamed entirely on the uncontrollable and invisible hand of demand and supply? I believe that a great contributor to this notorious gap is our growing stinginess....
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| • | We Will Go It Alone in the June By-Elections, Declares DP: The Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) became the second party on Saturday to reject plans by PNU to have affiliate parties sponsor candidates jointly in the June 11 by-elections across the country.
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| • | Athletics - Prisons Take On Brave Algerians: Kenya Prisons displayed a brilliant performance against compatriots Kenya Commercial Bank in the semis to enter the Africa women's club championship final in their inaugural appearance.
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| • | Opposition Calls for Independent Electoral Body: The greatest roadblock to free and fair elections in 2011 will be the Electoral Commission (EC), Opposition political leaders have said.
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| • | Uganda, Kenya Intensify Illegal Arms Fight: Security chiefs from Uganda and Kenya have stepped up efforts to end persistent arms trafficking along the common border.
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| • | Food Crisis Increasing Poverty: The rising price of food is sending shivers down the spines of many world leaders who are aware that the skyrocketing prices have the potential effect of causing a "real economic and humanitarian tsunami in developing countries".
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| • | Settlement of the Displaced Begins: The government has started settling internally displaced persons in Rift Valley Province.
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| • | Anti-Terrorism Team On High Alert: Kenyan anti-terrorism officials are on high alert following the killing of an Islamist said to be the Al Qaeda leader in Somalia in a US attack on Thursday, the Sunday Nation has learnt.
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| • | Press Freedom Still Threatened in Region: Press freedom is still a mirage in East Africa.
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| • | Experts Warn of Further Rise in Prices of Goods: The rate of inflation hit a 14 month high in April as analysts warned of further increases in the prices of consumer goods in coming months.
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| • | Turbulent Times Ahead for Local Workers: When President Kibaki concluded his address during the Labour Day celebrations last Thursday without mention of wage adjustments for Kenyan labourers, scores of workers walked out of the meeting in protest.
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| • | China Urged to Venture Abroad in War On Hunger: China should set up farms abroad to produce extra food for its huge population, said agricultural officials recently.
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| • | Mobile Phone Industry Gears Up for Fight: Kenya's mobile phone industry is gearing up for a fight. For Safaricom, the biggest challenge is how to stay far ahead of its three rivals and make its 9.2 million customers to start spending more cash on its most profitable products. This garden wall...
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| • | Mugabe Loses His Grip on Power: Even if President Mugabe bludgeons his way into a victory in the runoff he will find governing during a sixth term untenable, warns Zimbabwean opposition legislator and legal expert, Mr David Coltart.
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| • | Displaced People to Return to Their Farms: Resettlement of displaced people starts Monday.
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| • | Alarm Over High HIV Prevalence: African scientists have challenged governments to revamp primary healthcare in the continent.
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| • | Showdown Looms Over Proposed Narcotic Plant Ban: Every afternoon, Garissa town residents meet for a miraa (khat) chewing session. The twig is a way of life in this stuffy and sun bathed town.
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| • | Act On Gender Policy, Govt Told: The Government has been asked to implement the national gender policy to increase school transition rates among girls.
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